Tell the difference between whole wheat pasta and white pasta? The “SmartPlate” can do it. count caloriesof each food and tell you if you exceed the limits of your daily caloric intake? Nothing could be easier for the connected plate. The American inventors of this connected dietary assistant have no shortage of key arguments to convince the general public to market their smart plate prototype. They guarantee that this tool will be useful in helping overweight people monitor their diet. Don’t be fooled by its appearance as a children’s plate. With these three compartments, the SmartPlate excels in food coaching for snacking enthusiasts or those who have trouble sticking to their diet promises.
Place a food in its belly, and the plate immediately analyzes the nature, composition and nutritional quality. This technological feat is made possible thanks to the installation of photo sensors in each of the compartments of the SmartPlate. Its bible is a nutritional database that lists the nutritional value of each food in order to obtain a 99% reliable result, says its founder Anthony Ortiz.
Connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, the plate transmits the results of its dietary investigations to the consumer via an application installed on their Android smartphone or iPhone. The latter then knows if he can allow himself the contents of the plate or if he should sulk his culinary pleasure.
Waiting for funding
The plate is for everyone, people in good health, concerned about their food hygiene, athletes or not, as well as those who have to watch what they eat. Last detail that can be used, the plate can go in the microwave.
Before benefiting from it, the project must reach the sum of 100,000 dollars (about 88,912 €) on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. If it crosses this bar, the tool should be marketed in 2016 for a price between $200 (approximately 177 euros) and $99 (approximately 88 euros).
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